Sleeper (Bird’s Egg)
Joseph Ingleby
Sleeper (Bird’s Egg)
Joseph Ingleby
Reference
SAS0101_002
Year
2014
Dimensions (cm)
Height: 33
Length: 94
Depth: 34
Length: 94
Depth: 34
Materials
Steel
Suitable Locations for the Work
- Indoors
- Floor-based
- Freestanding
Background, history, commissioner of the work
Sculpture made as part of ongoing creative practice in the studio. Exhibited in ‘Converge 2016’, Visual Arts Scotland; Royal Scottish Academies, Edinburgh, 2016.
Thematic/contextual information
Abstract organic sculpture for interior display. Exploring natural forms in an industrial material, a sleeping head or skull is suggested, delicately combining with the presence and fragility of a bird's egg shell, expressing birth and death in a singular and united cycle.